‘The Copa is set up for Brazil’ – Messi slams CONMEBOL ‘corruption’ and snubs medal ceremony after Chile red

Lionel Messi was a conspicuous absence from the Copa America third-place medal ceremony and blasted CONMEBOL for "corruption" after seeing red in the first half against Chile.

The Barcelona star laid on Argentina’s first goal on Saturday for Sergio Aguero to convert, before Paulo Dybala made it 2-0 within 22 minutes.

But moments later Messi was leaving the field after tangling with notorious Chile enforcer Gary Medel .

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